Nathan Warren

Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.

"LinkedIn may have inadvertently created the ideal laboratory for AI writing. ... It’s the place where people strive to be the most anodyne versions of themselves, pleasant and inoffensive. Artificiality, in other words, is what everyone is expecting." 😆

COVID caused cancer tumours to shrink in mice – new study Few would have thought that the COVID pandemic would have a silver lining, but scientists in Chicago may just have found one.

Well, at least there is one good thing coming from Covid: theconversation.com/covid-caused...

An important result. AI agents are now competitive with human engineers on tough AI r&d tasks when given a time budget of less than 4 hours.

That boundary will only shift out.
Sets the terrain for faster acceleration.

t.co/kbUgxUxWdp

The good news is the "energy is prosperity" arguement works even better for renewables - especially in low-middle income countries!

Some good points. We need to learn the lessons, otherwise we are doomed to repeat them.

US government commission pushes Manhattan Project-style AI initiative A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday proposed a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AI systems that will be as smart or smarter than humans, amid intensifying competition with China over advanced technologies.

IMF report: www.imf.org/en/Publicati...
AI Manhattan project: www.reuters.com/technology/a...

AGI: "All you wages are belong to us"

But really, this graph shows how AGI could boost output while slashing wages. The report makes the case for gov contingency planning. Maybe a good idea if they are racing to build it???? (see AGI Manhattan project)

If history's any guide, using the 2024 forecast actually makes this chart MORE conservative lol

Greens are Right to be Suspicious of Carbon Offsets Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

You might like this recent paper. Mathematically proves what we all thought: reduction offsets can never achieve zero emissions, since total emissions must always equal or exceed the amount of offsets being traded.

Only actual CCS can work.
www.nber.org/papers/w33170

Couch-Locked with the Munchies: Effects of Recreational Marijuana Laws on Exercise and Nutrition Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Lol that was expected:

"The passage of Recreational Marijuana Law led to an increase in the number of grocery store trips that involved “junk food”, as well as the amount of respective “junk food” spending. This effect is particularly driven by an increase in snacks, cookies, and candy"

Among the many annoying things about TX is their closing off free access to their API.

This is not the case on Bluesky. Here is a visualization of the network of all of Bluesky's users. joelgustafson.com/posts/2024-1...

China Starts First Gigawatt-Sized Offshore Solar Power Project China started generating power from its first gigawatt-level offshore solar project in the eastern province of Shandong.

This is crazy big for solar on the open sea. 🤯
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚀 AI’s trillion-dollar scaling bet isn’t over Obstacles create invention

Scaling is dead, long live scaling!
www.exponentialview.co/p/ais-trilli...

How much of this is due to the macro-funding environment? or do you think something specific has changed in CDR?

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30% of the world's electricity came from renewable sources in 2023, according to Ember (which is pretty solid as a data source). With wind and solar driving the steady rising trend since 2010.

ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

people think our current information environment is uniquely poisonous because of social media but idk I'm old enough to remember when the highest rated daytime talk show was telling people there were networks of satanists sacrificing thousands of children a year.

What is a practical path for the Europe Commission to be more connected to the people? Citizen assemblies?

Emu War - Wikipedia

Reminds me of the Great Emu War (which Australia lost): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

FT headline: Italian troops deployed against wild boar to defend ham industry

How to finance the energy transition?

Well... the solution seems to be staring us right in the face. #energy #climate

on.ft.com/44yoJBl

Data, Privacy Laws and Firm Production: Evidence from the GDPR Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

After the introduction of the GDPR, companies in the EU reduced their data storage by 26% and data processing by 15% compared to similar companies in the US.

www.nber.org/papers/w32146

Europeans have more time, Americans more money. Which is better? Life expectancy, happiness, sustainability and innovation among factors shaping work attitudes

Simon Kuper spitting facts: "Perhaps the global economy needs the US, or at least a few inventive bits of it — as long as you don’t have to live there." on.ft.com/3QtMyED